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Kerry McCarthy vs Gen Kitchen

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
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Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 479 shared comparable votes.

478 same votes 1 different votes 479 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
50 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
50 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
32 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
50 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
32 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.7%
6% above average
Rank 223 of 650
Participation
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 37 of 650
1,902
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
635
717 eligible divisions
1,067
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
305
48.0% of votes cast
835
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
330
52.0% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

84
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Appearances
0
-94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
111
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 650
Contributions
0
-164.5 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Transport
33 of 33 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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